| Heading: |
Local Housing Allowance: Greater London |
| Question ID: |
1752306 |
| UIN: |
21645 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4510 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Hayes
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| Asking Member handle: |
helenhayes_
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helenhayes_
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to review the rates of the Local Housing Allowance to reflect housing costs in inner London boroughs. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-08 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
The decision at Autumn Budget to maintain Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates at current levels for 2025/26 considered a range of factors such as rental data,the Government’s missions and wider fiscal context.LHA rates were last increased in April 2024 at... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |